#59 - The SoftBank Vision Fund
Hikikomori
English - July 03, 2022 03:37 - 55 minutes - 76.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsHistory Society & Culture Places & Travel history japan news murder truecrime Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Masayoshi Son is a tremendously wealthy man, and the founder of megacorp SoftBank. He's also the creator of the SoftBank Vision Fund, the largest venture capital fund in the world. Despite being responsible for the investment of over $100 billion dollars to "improve the world", the Vision Fund has made countless unfathomable decisions... such as a $47 billion dollar investment in WeWork.
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Sources:
Reuters article on SoftBank losses WSJ article on SoftBank losses Value Walk - 10 of the worst Vision Fund investments YouTube - SoftBank's worst investments Yahoo Finance - Bio on Masayoshi Son DataDrivenInvestor - Masayoshi compares himself to Jesus Business Insider - Uber scandals Fast Company - Neumann and Son YouTube - ColdFusion video on WeWork